Children & Teens

Canada’s controversial ban on adoptions from several Muslim countries sparks court challenge Federal government still won’t say if it reviewed policy as promised 5 years ago

(CBC) A major challenge of Canada’s ban on adoptions from several Muslim countries is set to play out in the Federal Court — a move some legal observers say wouldn’t be necessary if the government wasn’t upholding what they call a “discriminatory” policy. The case, which could […]

Academics & Education

Three schools postpone Holocaust educational partnership with Anne Frank Trust The unnamed schools cited 'local community tensions' since 7 October for programme withdrawal

(Jewish News) Three schools have postponed educational programmes combating antisemitism and prejudice with the Anne Frank Trust UK owing to “local community tensions” since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. The organisation, founded in 1991, empowers nine- to 15-year-olds to challenge all […]

Crime

Court convicts first pro-Assad war crimes defendant in Netherlands While the Dutch have brought several Syrians to trial for crimes committed during their country’s civil war, previous defendants were all members of opposition forces.

(Courthouse News) Dutch judges sentenced a former militia commander to 12 years in prison for complicity in torture and illegal detention on Monday, marking the first conviction of a pro-government Syrian defendant in the Netherlands. The 35-year-old, identified only as Mustafa A., […]

Crime

Two men charged in connection with notorious anti-Israel protest at Toronto mall Toronto police accused the two men of blocking the entrance to the store and preventing employees from closing

(National Post) Two Toronto men have been charged in relation to a notorious anti-Israel protest in a downtown mall last month. Toronto police announced Sunday that two men were charged with unlawful assembly, mischief and assaulting a peace officer in connection with the Dec. […]

Academics & Education

UCLA professor: ‘Hindus serve in IDF to kill Muslims, Israel broadcasts porn on Palestinian TV’ 'Hindu nationalists openly and loudly celebrate what Israel is doing to Palestinians,' UCLA law professor Dr. Khaled Abou el-Fadl said on a YouTube live stream.

(Jerusalem Post) UCLA law professor Dr. Khaled Abou el-Fadl said on a YouTube live stream on the Usuli Institute channel earlier this month that “some of the worst massacres committed against Palestinians in Gaza are by Indian soldiers serving in the Israeli […]

Academics & Education

Germany trains new generation of Muslim leaders In a groundbreaking move, Germany trains its own Muslim religious leaders, fostering a deeper connection with local communities. Muslim associations across the country are seeing a generational change and reorientation.

(Deutsche Welle) Osman Soyer is a religious affairs officer who was sworn into office this month in the Sehitlik Mosque in Berlin’s Neukölln district. He is one of 28 young men and women who have been trained as “religious representatives” by DITIB, […]

Government & Politics

Alleged Qatar spy operation said to have targeted GOP lawmakers opposed to Muslim Brotherhood 'An attack on Hamas is an attack on Qatar. An attack on the Muslim Brotherhood is an attack on Qatar,' document states

(Fox) The oil-rich Gulf state of Qatar hired a former CIA agent’s company to discredit Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., and other lawmakers who oppose Hamas and its parent organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital. The documents reveal […]

Law Enforcement

Judge rebukes F.B.I. and orders release of man in ‘Newburgh Four’ case The judge said James Cromitie, like his co-defendants, should be freed because he had been duped into an 'F.B.I.-orchestrated conspiracy' by an 'unsavory' informant.

(NY Times) A federal judge on Friday ordered that a New York man be freed from prison because a “most unsavory” government informant had duped him into an “F.B.I.-orchestrated conspiracy” focused on attacking an upstate Air Force base and Jewish sites in […]

Law Enforcement

‘I will commit a new terrorist attack’: Woman who attacked Scarborough Canadian Tire vowed continued support for ISIS in prison 'If you or your government don’t send me back to Syria, I will commit a new terrorist attack,' Rehab Dughmosh told her parole officer.

(Toronto Star) Convicted Toronto terrorist Rehab Dughmosh — who attacked a Scarborough Canadian Tire in 2017 with a golf club and a knife, shouting “This is for ISIS” — continued to express her solidarity with the Islamic State terror group and a […]

Government & Politics

Muslim and Arab American voters part ways with President Biden over his foreign policy Among Muslim and Arab American voters, this disapproval of President Biden’s foreign policy has taken the form of an active campaigning against his reelection.

(Religion News) Before she was elected to Georgia’s House of Representatives two years ago, Ruwa Romman, the first Palestinian American to hold any office in Georgia, campaigned for Joe Biden in 2020 in Atlanta’s northeast suburbs, which she now represents. Today, Romman, […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Controversial government anti-racism consultant Laith Marouf is running now an anti-Israel channel Laith Marouf is the government-funded anti-racism consultant who had a record [of] hateful tweets about Jews, Francophones and black people

(National Post) Laith Marouf, the government-funded anti-racism consultant whose record of hateful tweets became an embarrassing controversy for the Liberals, is now the director of an anti-Israel online broadcaster. Free Palestine Television (FPTV) was launched after the Hamas massacre of Israeli civilians […]

Academics & Education

Schoolboy arrested with kitchen knife in rucksack as he prepared ‘imminent’ attack on teacher, court hears The schoolboy, who cannot be named, had allegedly previously planned an attack at the Isle of Wight music festival using a pickup truck and knife, but dropped the plan.

(Sky News) A 15-year-old schoolboy who converted to Islam was arrested with a kitchen knife in his rucksack as he prepared for an “imminent” attack on one of his teachers who made a joke about pork, a court has heard. The schoolboy, […]

Academics & Education

School banned prayer against backdrop of ‘violence and intimidation,’ headteacher claims Michaela Community School in Brent, north London, is facing a legal challenge from a Muslim student who claims its approach to prayer is discriminatory and 'uniquely' affects her faith.

(Sky News) A school decided to introduce a “prayer ban” for pupils against a “backdrop of events including violence, intimidation and appalling racial harassment” of teachers, its founder has said. Michaela Community School in Brent, north London, which was previously dubbed Britain’s […]

Government & Politics

Sunak criticises Starmer over legal advice he gave to extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir Labour leader's spokesperson says he gave advice in 2008 to the group, set to be banned in the UK, as 'lawyers give advice to people they don't necessarily agree with'

(Jewish News) Rishi Sunak has attempted to use Keir Starmer’s past record as a barrister, when he offered advice to the Islamist extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir in a case in Germany, as means of discrediting the Labour leader’s position on UK security. […]